Validity of a cardiology fellow performance assessment: reliability and associations with standardized examinations and awards

Table 4 Linear regression analyses to support relations to other variables evidence

	Univariate analysis^a		Multivariable analyses^a
Variable	β-estimate (95% CI)	p-value	β-estimate (95% CI)^b	p-value
In-training examination score^c	0.083 (0.002–0.164)	0.05	0.088 (0.003–0.153)	0.05
Conference attendance^d	0.001 (− 0.001–0.002)	0.25
Evaluation compliance (≥90%)	0.053 (−0.037–0.142)	0.25
Board examination failure	−0.237 (− 0.495–0.019)	0.07
Staff appointment	0.034 (−0.060–0.129)	0.48
Receiving an award	0.164 (0.075–0.254)	< 0.001	0.152 (0.065–0.237)	0.001

^aβ-estimates are reported for the associations between the listed independent variable and each subject’s aggregated faculty-of-fellow end-of-rotation assessment scores that included MCFA-10 items
^bβ-estimates are adjusted for receiving an award, in-training exam score, and missing in-training exam score (n = 23)
^cThe association between in-training exam score and the primary outcome was examined in the 42 of 65 subjects where in-training exam score was available. For the remaining 23 subjects with unavailable ITE results, in-training exam score was imputed as the median score. β-estimates for both the univariate and multivariable analyses are reported for a 10-point increase in in-training exam scores
^dConference attendance data was missing in 1 subject

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